Samsung is ready to announce its Galaxy S25 telephones at its Galaxy Unpacked occasion tomorrow, January twenty second at 1PM ET. The occasion usually focuses on its subsequent smartphones and software program options, which you’ll guess consists of a number of AI, however there needs to be another issues right here and there, too. Right here’s what we’re anticipating and how one can watch alongside.
Samsung will stream the occasion on YouTube, its web site, and its newsroom page, and we’ll publish concerning the bulletins as they occur proper right here on The Verge. We count on the corporate to disclose the Galaxy S25, S25 Plus, and S25 Extremely.
It appears like we’re getting extra of the identical with these telephones, aside from the S25 Extremely, which is predicted to obtain design tweaks like barely rounder corners. That’s a minimum of in response to a preview in a set of leaked renders that hit the web final week. The corporate has stated its 2025 Galaxy gadgets may have Qi2 wi-fi charging help, however it’s attainable that solely means they’re “Qi2 Prepared” telephones that want a magnetic case to get the total MagSafe-like expertise.
The telephones will run Samsung’s tweaked model of Android 15, One UI 7, which launched in beta final month with options like an iPhone Dynamic Island-like “Now Bar,” a redesigned digicam app, and the power to disable HDR content material to keep away from being ambushed by overly-bright movies in your social feeds. The company said yesterday that One UI 7 “seamlessly integrates AI brokers and multimodal capabilities into each contact level.” Count on extra alongside these traces in the course of the occasion.
It appears unlikely Samsung will unveil a Galaxy S25 “Slim” cellphone. A latest leak urged the cellphone received’t launch within the US. There’s additionally an opportunity the corporate will speak extra concerning the “Mission Moohan” VR headset my colleague Victoria Tune previewed in December.